Abstract
Although the influence of benthic fauna on estimating the nutrient upward fluxes from the coastal sediments are a concern, there are few comprehensive studies. We conducted monthly observations in a coastal embayment to examine the effect of benthic fauna on measuring the nutrient flux. Nutrient fluxes were measured by the core incubation method and the densities of organisms in benthic communities were also measured. Numerical composition of benthic communities, according to taxonomic group, was dominated by Polychaeta composed of a few Capitellida and Spionidae species. A negligible effect of the benthic communities on measuring nutrient fluxes was demonstrated.
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The authors thank Professor Naoko Ueda, University of Kitakyusyu, for her critical comments and encouragement during preparation of the manuscript. We also would like to thank Mr. Genichiro Osaka for his help in our study, and Mr. Koji Kishimoto, the captain of the R/V Calanus III, for his kind assistance with field observations. Finally, we thank Mr. Brian Bigler for reading this manuscript and for his useful suggestions. This study was partly supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number JP26281009.
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Tada, K., Koomklang, J., Ichimi, K. et al. Negligible effect of the benthic fauna on measuring the nutrient upward fluxes from coastal sediments. J Oceanogr 73, 397–402 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10872-016-0406-9
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